Wooden Spoon : Regions : Spoon Starts 2010 by Supporting Four New Projects for Youngsters

At their last 2009 Council Meeting in December, the Trustees approved the four new regional projects, all of which will receive donations from Spoon totalling £128,500 in the new year.

The projects include the Red Balloon Centre in Middlesex, with a donation of £40,000 towards the extension and refurbishment of Red Balloon's centre in Harrow, north west London. Red Balloon is a charity that provides therapeutic care and education programmes for children who have suffered from serious bullying at school.

Another donation will be made in Scotland, with a £50,000 contribution towards the building of a Therapy Suite at Camphill School, near Aberdeen, a school for children with special needs.

In Somerset, £20,000 will be given towards the refurbishment and enlargement of the swimming pool area at Selworthy School, Taunton, a school for children with special needs.

Finally, in Yorkshire there will be a donation of £18,500 towards the creation of an outdoor play area at Elm Grove Children's Home, Heckmondwike, which is a residential care home for children severe mental and physical disabilities.

The addition of these four new projects take to total number of Spoon projects outstanding to 41 with a total commitment of over £1.7 million.

On Tuesday 8th May at Ping Pong on Bread Street, London, Wooden Spoon hosted the infamous Scrum Dine with Me sponsored by Aon Benfield. Nigel Barden, food commentator for Radio 2, was the fantastic host of the event where supporters of Spoon were able to watch rugby legends Phil Vickery MBE, Serge Betsen, Craig Chalmers and Luke Narraway prepare a four course Oriental masterpiece then taste it for themselves. The rugby players then went up against each other to be crowned the 2012 Scrum Dine with Me Champion.

Billed as 'a celebration of Ripon Rugby - Past, Present, and Future', the day kicked off early with a very well supported Mini Tag Rugby demonstration from the youngest members of the Ripon rugby community, Ripon's thriving Junior section. Youngsters from the Under7's and Under 8's all received a Wooden Spoon wristband presented by Ripon legend Peter Squires (England, Yorkshire, Harrogate and Barbarians) ably supported by the Junior Section's founder member Mike Pennock.

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Spoon Starts 2010 by Supporting Four New Projects for Youngsters

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